#icannotbuthedid

Verse of the year: You have filled me with joy, and happiness has risen in my heart, great delight and unrivaled joy… In shalom I will both lie down and sleep, for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.” (Psalm 4:7-8 JCV)

Listening to: The Health-Giving Power of a Relaxed Heart

“As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations." He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed--the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.” Romans 4:17 NIV

AMPLIFIED: As it is written, I have made you the father of many nations. [He was appointed our father] in the sight of God in Whom he believed, Who gives life to the dead and speaks of the nonexistent things that [He has foretold and promised] as if they [already] existed.”

Original Greek for “calls”: καλέω / kaleō (kal-eh’-o)

Akin to the base of G2753*; to “call” (properly aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)

Thayer: 1) to call 1a) to call aloud, utter in a loud voice 1b) to invite 2) to call i.e. to name, by name 2a) to give a name to 2a1) to receive the name of, receive as a name 2a2) to give some name to one, call his name 2b) to be called i.e. to bear a name or title (among men) 2c) to salute one by name

But it’s not simply a, “I’m going to say this. I’m going to speak this thing to you guys.” It’s stronger than that. The words have weight. Clout. Check out the word kaleo is compared to as being “akin to the base” of this word:

*G2753: Strong’s: κελεύω / keleuō (kel-yoo’-o)

"hail"; to incite by word, i.e. order

Thayer: 1) to command, to order From a primary word κέλλω kellō (to urge on); “hail”; to incite by word, that is, order G2753/keleuo is used 27 times in the NT. Examples: 1st mention: 18When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders (other translations: commanded) to cross to the other side of the lake. (Matthew 8:18) 2nd mention: The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted 10and had John beheaded in the prison. (Matthew 14:9) 3rd mention: 18“Bring them here to me,” he said. 19And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. (Matthew 14:19)

So we can see that the word, kaleo, especially when understanding where it comes from via keleuo, is not a casual statement spoken like, “the sun is yellow” or “it’s hot in here”. It’s an order. It’s a command. It’s words given with weight, with expectation that what has been said WILL be accomplished. The people who keleuo/commanded weren't ordinary people. It was Jesus, Peter telling JESUS to direct him to do something, the king, Pilate, the priests, the captain of the temple and the Sadducees, Phillip, Herod, and so on. ALL of those uses had to do with people of clout. Who knew the words they spoke MOVED things. Sent people into action. 

God wants us to see this as a reminder/refresher regarding what He’s been telling us about speaking to the mountain, whatever the current mountain/s may be. Kids. Work. Home stuff. Health. Wisdom. Whatever.

“…Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” ~Jesus, Matthew 17:20

Strong’s says: ἐρέω an alternate for G2036 in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. speak or say

but look at what Dodson adds:

Dodson: ἐρεῶ I say, speak (denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

Our only necessity is to take His word for it: to believe that what He says, He means. If He says He has given us His power through Jesus, that’s our faith. Then we say/speak/command it to be. Our foundation for the weight of these words isn’t us. Our foundation for the concreteness of the words we speak aren’t even whether we think we should be saying them. Our foundation is simply JESUS.

The less we’re out of the picture, the better. The more we speak those words because they are truth and our blood-bought right to speak, our inheritance to claim, the more we’re going to see them manifest in our lives. The verse before God giving life to the dead and speaking of the nonexistent things as they already exist?

16 Therefore, [inheriting] the promise is the outcome of faith and depends [entirely] on faith, in order that it might be given as an act of grace (unmerited favor), to make it stable and valid and guaranteed to all his descendants—not only to the devotees and adherents of the Law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is [thus] the father of us all.

17 As it is written, I have made you the father of many nations. [He was appointed our father] in the sight of God in Whom he believed, Who gives life to the dead and speaks of the nonexistent things that [He has foretold and promised] as if they [already] existed. (Romans 4, AMP)

Yesterday, I was getting ready to run some errands, and felt the Lord telling me to grab a CD to listen to in the car. I reached toward the box, and even though none of the titles or anything showed, one cover in particular stood out more than the rest, so I grabbed it. 

It was The Health-Giving Power of a Relaxed Heart. At the very beginning, two testimonies are read: One is about someone being healed after receiving communion; the other is about someone who began to speak to her “condition” that it was under grace and it went away. Both really spoke to me, as He’s really reminding us of the importance of communion and had already been showing me that He wanted us to go over that He “speaks of the nonexistent things as though they already existed” and that we, therefore, also have that same power.

Remember last week? In Matthew 6, as Jesus led them through a prayer, He Himself was even speaking something that technically didn’t fully exist for them yet as though it already did. He Himself had come to fulfill everything and become all of those things.

Let’s look at Matthew 17:20 again:

20He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” (original Greek link)

NOTHING: oudeis and outheis, oudemia, ouden and outhen: no one, none Original Word: οὐδείς, οὐδεμία, οὐδέν Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: oudeis and outheis, oudemia, ouden and outhen Phonetic Spelling: (oo-dice') Short Definition: no one, none, nothing Definition: no one, none, nothing. HELPS Word-studies: 3762 oudeís (from 3756 /ou "no, not" and 1520 /heís, "one") – properly, not one; no one, nothing. 3762 /oudeís ("no one, nothing at all") is a powerful negating conjunction. It rules out by definition, i.e. "shuts the door" objectively and leaves no exceptions. 3762 (oudeís) is deductive in force so it excludes every (any) example that is included withing the premise (supposition). [3762 /oudeís ("not one, none") categorically excludes, declaring as a fact that no valid example exists.] 


So, what will be impossible, again? Things too big? Too heavy? To impossible for doctors? Things way too difficult to fix with loved ones because well, we just can’t deal with the drama anymore? Emotions? Those really, really deep, hurt feelings? That broken bone that just ISN’T going to fix itself?

 NOPE. NOTHING. THERE IS NO VALID EXAMPLE that anything will be impossible for you if you believe His word is true.

Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Think, for a moment, about this: 

 There are over 138,000 words in the New Testament.

 Of those approximately 138,000 words, the word δυνατός/dunatos (possible) is used 35 times, and the root word for *that* word, δύναμαι/dunamai, which is where δυνατός/ is derived and also means possible/capable, is used 201 times. So those two words for possible, alone, are used 235 times. (And that’s just the literal, specific word saying you are able, capable, it is possible, ect.)

Impossible in Matthew 17:20 : ἀδυνατέω / adunateō (ad-oo-nat-eh’-o)

From G102; to be unable, that is, (passively) impossible

Do you know how many times the word impossible from Matthew 17:20 is used? TWO.

1st instance: Matthew 17:20, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

2nd:

 For with God, any utterance shall not be impossible. Luke 1:37, Greek interlinear translation

Utterance:

Dodson: ῤῆμα a thing spoken a thing spoken, (a) a word or saying of any kind, as command, report, promise, (b) a thing, matter, business.

Strong's: ῥῆμα an utterance (individually, collectively or specially),; by implication, a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever

WHOA. If you believe His word to be true, NO ONE, NOTHING, EVERYTHING IS RULED OUT, THE DOOR HAS BEEN SHUT, THERE IS NO VALID EXAMPLE that anything will be impossible, for with God, any utterance (command, word, saying—this is what we started out today’s study with, only that form of speaking had a bit more oomph or weight behind it) shall not be impossible. 

Which basically means, with God, any utterance will be POSSIBLE!!!! HALLELUJAH!



But let’s go back to the word impossible: remember how many times possible was used? 236. How many times was IMpossible used? 2.

Okay, so let’s look at the root to see where *that* word, (ἀδυνατέω / G101), came from (ἀδύνατος / G102). Surely it’s used more than twice, right? I mean, with over 200 “possibles”… 
 G102:
 Dodson: ἀδύνατος incapable, impossible of persons: incapable; of things: impossible; either the inability, or that which is impossible. Strong's: ἀδύνατος unable, i.e. weak (literally or figuratively); passively, impossible
 ἀδύνατος   is used…

You’re going to laugh. Are you ready?

TEN times. 

HAHAHA! The root word for impossible is the number of law in the Bible!!!!!
 And even then, with the main word combined with the root, it’s only used 12 times.

12 vs. 236.

 WOW.

Before we finish, now that we see the legalistic tie to the impossible versus the restful tie of simple belief and speaking His words to the possible, I have to share the first mention of impossible. It’s actually ALSO the very first mention of possible!!! Are you ready? 

Matthew 19:26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

With man, this is impossible.

With us doing things on our own, this is impossible. With us trying to earn or receive via the law, via mandates, via performance, via doing, THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE.

But with God, ALL things are possible. This here is the genuine #IcannotbutHEcan. 
With God as your qualifier, with God giving you THE Qualifier--JESUS--, ALL (pas: the whole, everything) IS possible. 
In the Old Testament/Covenant, receiving from God was all about what we can’t do.

In the New Testament/Covenant, receiving from God is all about what we CAN do.

It’s about the possibilities. It’s about believing His word, and that being enough.

Today He’s telling us to speak grace to our mountains. To speak His promises to our lives. To command not only the mountain to be moved, but grace to it, His life to it. To tell it where to go, what to do, how it’s not part of your blood-bought inheritance, because Jesus paid for that right and gave it to us as our inheritance when He took everything for us on that cross. That is our Christ Identity. Because of Him, we qualify for it! (If you’re not sure what to say, or don’t feel the Holy Spirit specifically leading you in those commands, do it in your heavenly language!)